Like No Other Time : The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever

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Summary: Not What You'd Expect
Review: Unlike most memoirs written by politicians, this book focuses more on historical events than Tom Daschle's ego. At the same time, the book sheds light on Daschle's political philosophy as well as the amazing events between the 2000 and 2002 elections, including the remarkable 2000 presidential election, the evenly-divided Senate, Daschle's sudden switch to Majority Leader, September 11, and the anthrax attack on Daschle's office.

The book covers the tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone and how it affected Daschle, as well as the 2002 election in which the Republicans retook the majority. It also gives you a sense of the incredible lengths to which the Bush Administration, the Republican congressional leadership, and people like Rush Limbaugh have gone to undermine Daschle. There's no sensationalism, yet some of the stories are quite dramatic -- these were, after all, tumultuous years. Like No Other Time is a well written, fascinating history lesson.